This Day in History March 17 1975 Highlights and Birthdays
On March 17 1776 British troops evacuated Boston after siege since Bunker Hill. Texas adopts a constitution in 1836. 1926 Germany blocked from League of Nations. Barcelona bombed 1938. National Gallery opens 1941. Dalai Lama escapes 1959. My Lai charges 1970. Amos Alonzo Stagg dies 1980. Nixon veto at UN 1975. Birthdays include Bayard Rustin and John Pastore. Thought: world owes you nothing.
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Associated Press
St. Patrick's
Barcelona
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Tibet
Dalai Lama
India
My Lai
South Vietnam
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stockton
Calif
United States
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
Richard Nixon
European Common Market
Europe
Bayard Austin
John Pastore
Rhode Island
Mark Twain
TV Listings and Late Night Schedule Fragment
A fragmented timetable lists 5 to 12:40 AM programming across multiple channels with lineup details including Lucy Show Dragnet Hollywood Squares The Odd Couple Police Surgeon Let’s Make a Deal Beverly Hillbillies Tell the Truth and various movie titles featuring Burt Reynolds Doris Day and other stars, ending with Bonanza.
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Beverly Hillbillies
Morning TV Schedule Listing for 6:00 to 11:30 AM
A fragmented TV lineup shows morning to late morning programs including Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Batman Speed Racer I Love Lucy Morning Show Mike Douglas Dialing for Dollars Mighty Hercules Wheel of Fortune Gambit Jungle Flight and other daytime offerings with dates and times scattered. Several game shows soap operas and a movie title appear among the schedule items.
Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times Staff List
A publication masthead for the Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times dated 1890s era lists staff roles and contact details. It enumerates manager, editor in chief, department editors, advertising, circulation, bookkeeping, and building staff. Also notes AP exclusive republication rights and postal information for subscriptions.
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Port Lavaca
WAVE
Calhoun County Times
Wave Publishing Co., Inc
S. Colorado
Texas
Television Schedule Fragment from Local Page
A scrambled TV timetable lists shows such as All My Children Days of Our Lives The Price is Right The Munsters Popeye Dark Passage with Humphrey Bogart and Dream of Jeannie at various afternoon slots, reflecting a fragmentary local programming page.
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Humphrey Bogart
Dream of
Jeannie
Hints From Heloise's Readers on Quick Household Fixes
A collection of practical reader tips from Heloise on common home issues. Fixes includeRemoving stubborn plastic from stainless cookware with nail polish remover, repurposing deodorizer containers as flower pots, keeping crewel yarns organized on a hanger, stocking up on picnic supplies after holidays, and sewing sock tops onto long underwear for better fit. Names cited include Robert S. Sampson and Amelia Shhipper among others.
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Heloise
Hal
Jerry
Robert S. Sampson
Bachelors
CBS We ll Get By show struggles with acting and plot
A delayed report notes CBS We ll Get By may hinge on cast energy as acting overreaches could dull the comedy. Created by Alan Alda the series follows George Platt a New Jersey sales engineer and his family. Paul Sorvino and Mitzi Hoag shine but the premise about the daughter's new boyfriend loses punch.
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New York
CBS
Alan “M-A-S-H” Alda
New Jersey
George Platt
Paul Sorvino
Platt
Mitzi Hoag
We’ll Get By TV Episode Review of a Family Sitcom
The segment centers on Devon Scott Jerry Houser and Willie Aames portraying a family in a light TV comedy. Plot threads include Bermuda shorts, a picnic, a romance with a boyfriend named Adam Arkin, and parental scrutiny. The finale shows cautious parental trust and a dark joke about getting away with murder.
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Devon Scott
Jerry Houser
Willie Aames
Adam Arkin
Beau
Girl
Zero Mostel Surfaces From Blacklist to Presidential Role
Zero Mostel, once blacklisted for alleged communist ties, returns to prominence on Broadway and film. In a new outrageous comedy Foreplay he plays both the president and a Mafia chief, involving a ransom plot that mocks past era censorship. Mostel recalls refusing FBI pressure and choosing art over bitterness, painting during years of inactivity.
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Los Angeles
United States
Zero Mostel
Forum
Mostel
Estelle Parsons
Red
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Dennis Burke
Piscataway
N. J
Burkes
Union Beach, N. J
CMT
Lucy Show
Electric Company
Dragnet
Dick van Dyke
DOD
Doddd News
Hollywood
Hollywood Squares
Henry Fonda
Clarence Darrow
DDH
Burt Reynolds
Dodis
Maude
Josn Baez
Tarzan the Fearness
Buster Crabbe
el Juramento
Ana del Aire
KLRN
Perry Mason
Johnny Carson
Doris Day
Wade
Bonanza
New Zoo Revue
Odamm
America
Mister Roger
Wheel of Fortune
Robert Lowery
Young and Restless
Greens Appliances
Austin
Melvin Garrett
Car & Truck Parts
TRI Wholesale CO
Porter RD
Addic
Rod Moake
Dick Fisher
John Adams
Mary Rothband
Mike Lopez
Bill Pack
Mary Harras
Nita Crober
Tim Zolan
Kay Cleere
Tesla Gertner
Mary Ann Franke
Jean Smith
Sammy Garcia
Linda Marek
Reginald Grigsby
Victoria
All My Children
Somerset
Mayberry R.F.D
Guiding Light
WD General Hospital
Villa Alegre
Dinah
Munsters
Popeye
Universidad Nacional de Mexico
Merv Griffin
Deputy Dawg
Mickey Mouse Club
Ida Lupino
Flintstones
San Antonio
Gomer Pyre
Mike Douglas
Ville Alegre
Sube
Pelayo
John Dodd
Virginia
Port Lavaca Clinic
DS Oa
the Doll Squad
George C. Scott
Cops and Robbers
Kitchen
St. Patrick's Day
Daily Reader
Florist
Amelia Shhipper
Carolyn Hilton
D.taylor
Norman Lear
Mom
Pop
Warner Brothers
FBI
Columbia
Hwy
Lavaca
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